Wuthering Heights (estate)

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fictional country house fictional estate literary location

Wuthering Heights is the remote, windswept Yorkshire moorland estate that serves as the primary setting for much of the drama and passion in Emily Brontë’s novel "Wuthering Heights."

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Surface form	Occurrences
Wuthering Heights	9
Wuthering Heights estate	1
Wuthering Heights universe	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional country house ⓘ fictional estate ⓘ literary location ⓘ
appearsIn	Wuthering Heights (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyleInFiction	stone farmhouse ⓘ
associatedWithGenre	Gothic fiction ⓘ romantic tragedy ⓘ
contrastedWith	Thrushcross Grange NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastsWithTheme	civilization represented by Thrushcross Grange ⓘ
countryInFiction	England NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy	Emily Brontë NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	bleak ⓘ remote ⓘ windswept ⓘ
firstAppearance	Wuthering Heights (1847 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeatureInFiction	carved lintels and inscriptions ⓘ gate with snarling dogs ⓘ kitchen as main living room ⓘ oak-paneled interior ⓘ yard enclosed by a wall ⓘ
hasLiteraryFunction	embodies emotional turbulence of characters ⓘ primary setting of the novel’s central drama ⓘ
hasOwnerInFiction	Earnshaw family NERFINISHED ⓘ Heathcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindley Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasResidentInFiction	Catherine Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Hareton Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph (servant) NERFINISHED ⓘ Zillah (servant) NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy	Haworth moorland (real location, debated) NERFINISHED ⓘ Top Withens (ruined farmhouse, traditionally associated) NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
locatedInFictional	Yorkshire moors ⓘ
narratedByFrom	Nelly Dean NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingFor	Heathcliff’s revenge plot ⓘ Lockwood’s first visit to Heathcliff ⓘ childhood of Catherine Earnshaw ⓘ childhood of Heathcliff ⓘ conflict between Heathcliff and Hindley Earnshaw ⓘ
symbolizes	isolation ⓘ untamed nature ⓘ wild passion ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
visitedByInFiction	Mr. Lockwood NERFINISHED ⓘ